500+ Guantanamo detainees went through the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing process after its establishment in the summer of 2004. That process remained opaque, ostensibly because of its reliance on classified evidence, until the spring of 2007 when the Department of Defense placed "14 high-value detainee" CSRT files on its website.

Taking those documents as a starting point, "Liminal Documents: Between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib" is an artist's book divided into two volumes. The first, gray volume contains documents establishing the CSRT process for Guantanamo detainees, the 29 page CSRT transcript of detainee ISN 100BZ, and a series of fourteen classified and unclassified government exhibits lettered 'R.' The second, orange volume holds the documents of detainee ISN 100BZ and exhibits, including maps, letters, and photographs, labeled with the letter 'D.'

Samples of the work can also be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/reel_aesthete/sets/72157607165318455/. At the artwork URL, you can download a ...

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500+ Guantanamo detainees went through the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing process after its establishment in the summer of 2004. That process remained opaque, ostensibly because of its reliance on classified evidence, until the spring of 2007 when the Department of Defense placed "14 high-value detainee" CSRT files on its website.

Taking those documents as a starting point, "Liminal Documents: Between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib" is an artist's book divided into two volumes. The first, gray volume contains documents establishing the CSRT process for Guantanamo detainees, the 29 page CSRT transcript of detainee ISN 100BZ, and a series of fourteen classified and unclassified government exhibits lettered 'R.' The second, orange volume holds the documents of detainee ISN 100BZ and exhibits, including maps, letters, and photographs, labeled with the letter 'D.'

Samples of the work can also be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/reel_aesthete/sets/72157607165318455/. At the artwork URL, you can download a PDF file of the complete 144 page project.